Posted on 04/18/2010 9:24:05 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Well, maybe our kids would get her looks genes and my brains genes.
But it would probably work out the other way around.
Didn’t pay much attention to it at first as I went scrolling by, but that’s a classic photo.
Ah, my alma mater, ASU made the list again.
My daughter is an excellent classically trained ballet dancer in addition to tap, jazz, modern, etc...
Unfortunately, ASU is one of the top schools for dance majors, so we are considering it. Hoping the reputation is not true for ALL depts.
“Quit acting animals at football games?”
Acting animals? What’s an acting animal? You mean like Mister Ed?
My psychic ability tells me you’re an Aggie.
That's why I was an Art major. One syllable, all the letters are in alphabetical order. Perfect major that didn't interfere with my hectic party schedule.
Most common advice given by upper classmen to freshmen. "The best form of birth control is to change your phone number."
Meanwhile, Arizona is closing its preschools and all day kindergartens due to budget constraints.
There's a joke in there screaming to get out.
Sorry. They should quit acting like inbred drunken hicks
Oh yea. Austin rocks. My sons love listening to the bands of Austin’s many bars when they visit with us: tourism destination point for college kids. First time, they were terribly shocked as their east coast environment protrayed Texas as highly uncool. On the contrary...it has Boston beat tenfold.
It is true that leftist professors turn out a lot of born again anarachists from UT Austin. But they also produce a lot of “don’t tread on me” Texans.
I don't know about that. I went to UC Santa Barbara and even though it was one heck of a party school, the education was stellar as well. Not to mention the incredible blondes.....
It’s not an act. Inbred drunken hicks don’t give a poop about anyone else’s opinions.
You're right. Maybe they could combine the programs. It would probably elevate ASU's academic standard.
The should try to recruit partiers from the top schools. Offer scholarships, hire a publicist.
It has to be your psychic ability...no other clues. LOL!
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that only 31% of college graduates can read and understand a complex book. Walter E. Williams , professor of economics at George Mason University. http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=336612797889002
Nearly half (47 percent) of college freshmen enrolled in 2005 had earned an average grade of A in high school, compared to 2-in-10 (20 percent) in 1970. The majority (79 percent) of freshmen in 1970 had an important personal objective of “developing a meaningful philosophy of life.” By 2005, the majority of freshmen (75 percent) said their primary objective was “being very well off financially.” Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007, (Table 274). http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/007871.html
In a nationwide study conducted by Dr. Brian D. Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute, Homeschoolers were found to have scored 34-39 percentile points higher than the norm on standardized achievement tests. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090811/study-homeschoolers-scoring-well-above-public-school-peers/index.html
The average ACT (American College Testing) score of homeschooled students in 2009 was higher than the national average. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090827/avg-act-score-of-homeschoolers-beats-nat-l-avg/index.html
Enrollment has increased 70.6 percent since 1990, from 135,000 to 230,000, at the 102 Evangelical schools belonging to the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. Higher Education Research Institute at the UCLA; USA Today Dec. 14, 2005 .
During the same period, enrollments at public colleges increased by 12.8 percent, and at private colleges the increase was 28 percent. USA Today Dec. 14. 2005 Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Press http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22361
62% more students are going to college than did in the 1960s". Bill Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions at Harvard.
Nearly 40 percent (approx. 11.5 million) of the nation’s 18 to 24 year olds were enrolled in two- or four-year colleges as of October 2008. U.S. Census figures released by the Pew Research Center, Nov. 2009
The District of Columbia leads the nation in the proportion of college grads. http://www.epodunk.com/top10/collegeDiploma/index.html
A (disputed) study showed that 50% of American college faculty identified themselves as Democrats and only 11% as Republicans (with 33% being Independent, and 5% identifying themselves with another party). 72% described themselves as "to the left of center," including 18% who were strongly left. Only 15% described themselves as right of center, including only 3% who were "strongly right." North American Academic Study Survey (NAASS) of students, faculty and administrators at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada 1999. The Berkeley Electronic Press http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/04/conservatives-underrepresented-in.html http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol3/iss1/art2 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/17963/liberal_bias_in_our_schools.html
Extensive surveys by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, conducted in 2006 and 2007 of 14,000 college freshmen and seniors at fifty colleges nationwide, indicated that college education results in little advance in knowledge of American history and institutions, which is already poor among non-college graduates, but an often significant increase in favoring liberal ideology was seen over those who were not college graduates. In addition, those with the highest degrees were the most liberal. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, ''The Shaping of the American Mind.' http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2010/major_findings_finding1.html
A poll of conservative and progressive religious activists showed 48 percent of conservatives activists believe the Bible to be the literal word of God, versus only 3 percent of “progressives”, otherwise known as liberals. This contrast was also seen in other issues, with 95 percent of conservatives opposing legalization of abortion, and 82 percent opposing both same-sex marriage and civil unions, while 80 percent of liberals support some form of legal abortions (54 percent in most cases), with 59 percent support same-sex marriage. The study also found that Evangelical Protestants composed 54 percent of conservatives, Roman Catholics 35 percent, and mainline Protestants 9 percent, while liberal activists were made up of 44 percent mainline Protestants, 17 percent Roman Catholics, 10 percent Evangelical Protestants, and interfaith bodies and groups (12 percent). 2009 Religious Activist Surveys conducted by the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron in partnership with Public Religion Research. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090916/u-s-religious-activists-have-widely-divergent-views/index.html
Of 100 colleges and universities graded on their general education requirements by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), 42 institutions received a D or F for requiring two or fewer core subjects, while 25 of them received an F for requiring one or no subjects. Only 5 institutions received an A for requiring six general education subjects. Average tuition and fees at the 11 schools that require no subjects was $37,700; average tuition at the five schools that require six subjects is $5,400. Walter E. Williams , professor of economics at George Mason University. http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2009/08/26/what_will_they_learn http://whatwilltheylearn.com/criteria80% of
College students spend over $5.5 billion a year on alcoholic beverages (mostly beer)--more than they spend on all other drinks [soda, tea, milk, juice and coffee] and books combined. Sidney Ribeau, PresidentBowling Green State University http://www.collegevalues.org/diaries.cfm?id=476&a=1. See also www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/rpt1998/CAS1998rpt2.html.
Since 1993, colleges have seen a 125 percent increase in binge drinking by women. http://www.restoredcog.org/youth/articles/0312-pia.html
"Binge drinking" (5 or more drinks in a row) increased 17 percent among all adults between 1993 and 2001, 56 percent among 18- to 20-year-olds. Adults age 21 to 25 went on drinking binges an average of 18 times. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
Among those living in a fraternity or sorority house, the rate of binge drinking is still higher (79%). Wechsler H, Lee J, Kuo M, and Lee H. College binge drinking in the 1990s: A continuing problem: Results of the Harvard School of Public Health 1999 College Alcohol Study. Journal of American College Health 48:199-210, 2000. http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/alcohol/factsheet.htm
On a typical campus, per capita students spending for alcohol--$446 per student--far exceeds the per capita budget of the college library. (Eigen, 1991 in the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse).
47% of college students now drink primarily to get drunk. Grant BF and Dawson DA, National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey. Journal of Substance Abuse 9:103-110, 1997
44% of college students reported binge drinking in 1999 . Wechsler H, Lee J, Kuo M, and Lee H. College binge drinking in the 1990s: A continuing problem: Results of the Harvard School of Public Health 1999 College Alcohol Study. Journal of American College Health 48:199-210, 2000 http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/alcohol/factsheet.htm
College students spend over $5.5 billion a year on alcoholic beverages (mostly beer)--more than they spend on all other drinks [soda, tea, milk, juice and coffee] and books combined. Sidney Ribeau, PresidentBowling Green State University http://www.collegevalues.org/diaries.cfm?id=476&a=1. See also www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/rpt1998/CAS1998rpt2.html [which is also a illustration of how to do a survey.]
According to a U.S. Surgeon General, nationally college students drink almost four billion cans of beer and enough wine and hard-alcohol to make their annual consumption of alcoholic beverages an unthinkable 34 gallons per person. Sidney Ribeau, President, Bowling Green State University. http://www.collegevalues.org/diaries.cfm?id=476&a=1
More undergraduates will die from alcohol related causes then will obtain MA's or PHD's combined. Eigen, L. February 1991. Alcohol Practices, Policies and Potentials of American Colleges and Universities. An OSAP White Paper. Rockville, MD: Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf
Alcohol on college campuses is a factor in 40 percent of all academic problems and 28 percent of all dropouts. Anderson, D. 1994. Breaking the Tradition on College Campuses: Reducing Drug and Alcohol Misuse. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University. http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf
Alcohol is a key factor in 33 percent of suicides, 50 percent of homicides, 62 percent of assaults, 68 percent of manslaughters, 50 percent of head injuries, and 41 percent of traffic fatalities. It also plays a large role in domestic abuse and injury, child abuse and neglect, and workplace injuries. Prevention Enhancement Protocols System. August 1999. Preventing Problems Related to Alcohol Availability: Environmental Approaches, Parent and Community Guide. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf
WOW!
Can you imagine these losers running our country?
Or running a business?
What a frighting thought.
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